The 80s was really the last time pop culture created anything new; it’s all been variations, revivals and curating ever since then. The last really new rock genres were punk>post-punk>hiphop. Same with fashion- a friend posted a photo of his band on the 40th anniversary of their forming, and I was shocked at how…

It was if you traveled in the kind of circles that were aware of it! Design people (interior/fashion/graphics/architecture) knew about Memphis. Everyone else thought it was New Wave.

Thanks for mentioning the Japanese-influenced fashion of the era. It rarely gets brought up, because it wasn’t mainstream enough to be plentiful more recently in the thrift shops, so youngsters aren’t aware of it, but that was one of the good trends from the era. Everything wasn’t all Spandex jeans, day-glow zebra…

Yeah but at this point, Natalie barely has visible roots. Her hair should be growing out a good 3-4” by now.

Oh, Grown-up Van is DEFINITELY Julia Styles. 

People have a range of needs, but my ideal situation in a couple would be to live in both sides of a duplex, or adjacent houses sharing a yard or patio. The Diego Rivera /Frida Kahlo arrangement. Of course in their case, it was probably so Diego could fuck around more easily, but that doesn’t have to be the driving…

I discovered this same recipe about a year ago, and it has been a revelation. I commented about it on Lifehacker, and someone virtuesignaled/shamed me for using the oven for cooking one potato for two hours! So it turns out I can also cook them with similar results in my air fyer toaster oven in 40+10 minutes just as…

That outfit! I practically screamed. She looked like she was dressed like a seven-year-old from 1987. The costume designer is doing a heroic job. 

Had very much the same thought. They had real chemistry when they were out at dinner, and Larry seemed to be both sincerely enjoying her company, and being repulsed by her quirks and gross body characteristics. I was almost surprised at how disgusted he was about it the next morning. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out…

That’s hilarious about that being a Raylan Givens line. I first heard it in a 12-step meeting around 1999, so I’m wondering what the real origin is. 

Yeah, no woman ever has the slightest idea what you’re talking about, or had to deal with that on a daily basis. ;)

No need to explain any of this to your mom. She probably already has some kind of product in her bedside table. 

No need to explain any of this to your mom. She probably already has some kind of product in her bedside table. 

My spiderweb dress is really well-made, and I couldn’t find it anywhere else online, so both things make me hopeful. 

Oh goddamnit, but thanks for the heads up. Well, now that I already bought the spiderweb dress, I won’t be buying from them again, but now I have to figure out who made it so I can follow that company. 

No Modcloth? I bought a gorgeous black velvet dress with art deco beaded spiderwebs there recently, that has been getting a lot of envious looks, and they had a couple numbers in a 1930s roses-and-spiderweb print as well. Most of their offerings are too cutesie for my taste, but their sensibility is solid.

I do wish people would stop referring to fat women as “curvy”. There is nothing wrong with fat, or plus sized, or thick; those are perfectly descriptive terms, and it should be fine to use them without it being a pejorative. There are already plenty of curvy women in the squads, but they aren’t who you’re talking…

It makes perfect sense, though. I believe only narcissists and naive or stupid people can look at what’s happening to the world and not think it’s a lousy place to bring a child into. Dogs only live about fifteen years, so if things continue to deteriorate at the current rate, at least it’s not dooming another human…

$5,000 for relocation isn’t nearly enough to move, unless you’re twenty-two and in your first apartment. 

That is true, but remember that actors are a breed unto themselves, and film and tv sets have an atmosphere that is very different from your average serious real job. Actors tend to be boisterous, playful, kind of obnoxious people who horse around a lot and make a lot of sex jokes and otherwise behave in a way that…

Well, the hair is ridiculous and renders him unrecognizable, but Matt Damon’s hesher mullet is even more unflattering, so I’d say Affleck comes off better.